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They disappeared beyond the tree cluster near the top of the hill.

The climb had been long and filled with dazzling conversation, breathless as they reached a thousand metres above sea level, most entertaining at two thousand.

They all looked forward to water boiling at a lower temperature, and to those cooler nights.

One writer, a vagabond and a bond trader…and two librarians.

A sort of family. Certainly a group.

If they had not known each other for long, they were getting to know a lot about each other now.

Usually strawberry, we chose peach.

So many years, many before we occupied those hallowed seats, were fillied with fuitless pursuits or conversations.

We have put that right and we feel just peachy about it!

But most important, you need to know this, is how much one woman meant to so many, so many who liked and admired her and also those who thought they didn’t.

Now it seems so very fruitful.

Whether it was red or turquoise, that was the question.

Up to you or me if we choose fish or tofu tonight.

Crispy when fried, tender when steamed, we just wanted to be left alone.

For an hour or two.

Then, we wanted raucous funk with a backbeat you can’t beat.

So mentinong this, we’d like to pause for 40% cacao chocolate and a glass of water

What joy it is to discover something new every day!

How could it be possible not to? In other words to wake up, then hours later go to sleep without any sense of awe.

Of course one may not notice the thing seen, realized and added to the melee of ideas kept.

And of course, some of it may be – favourably – an Alice in Wonderland-competing notion or two!

But why the aching forehead, not!

Hello to the cloudy layer of obfuscation.

It seems it’s necessary, but then so is the frosting on the cake.

Are we fast enough for you, kind enough for them, funny enough to go beyond…?

A prince, a magician and a sailor walk into a bar.

Why wouldn’t they?